New area code, who dis? The Big Apple is getting a new area code after a state board Thursday approved a long-gestating request by wireless companies for a fresh three-digit prefix to join existing ...

New York City is a phone call away from getting a new area code. The new code– which would be used in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Marble Hill section of uptown Manhattan — was ...

New York City telephone numbers could look different in the next few years – that is, if the state’s Public Service Commission approves a request for a brand new area code. The North American ...

A new area code could be on the way for most of New York City. Assigned phone numbers for area codes 347, 718, 917 and 929 are expected to be exhausted by the fourth quarter of 2026. The New York ...

As Elaine Benes in "Seinfeld" famously quipped when presented with her new Manhattan area code: "It's not different. It's the same. Just changed." With New York City residents outside Manhattan ...

New York City will officially have its eighth area code when 465 joins its ranks by the end of next year, state officials said Thursday. The New York State Public Service Commission announced the ...

CITYWIDE — A PROPOSED NEW OVERLAY AREA CODE for parts of New York City will be the topic of two virtual public statement hearings that the New York State Public Service Commission will hold on Tuesday ...

In the modern era, where phone numbers are portable and geography is less tied to a person’s culture, area codes still hold a surprising amount of social weight. While the seven digits following an ...